Red-headed Woodpeckers and the Intimacy of the Lord

Each morning, if I'm not running out the door, I have the privilege of making a cappucino (with my new $20 Craig's List Swiss-made Solis cappucino machine!) and sitting in my porch swing to pray and read the Word of God. I usually spend about an hour there, enjoying the blessing of the morning view out into the woods. I'm a nature-girl, and I love it when a family of deer graze peacefully a few feet from my loggia, or wild turkeys (a treat!) come pecking through the trees. It makes me think of those last chapters of Job, where God asks him where he is when the wild animals birth their young. (Job 39:1,2) There are so many things that we will never witness, just b/c we are human.

I have been hearing a 'noise' in the woods in the mornings, and have briefly wondered what it is. But I hear it a lot and wonder it often. A squirrel in distress? A bird? Some critter I don't know about?

But this morning I saw it! It flew by and made that weird noise simultaneously! It's a beautiful red-headed woodpecker, and there were actually three.

So what's the big deal? I live in the woods, and see stuff like that all the time. But the big deal is that God, in all of His greatness, knew what those silent imaginings were of mine. And He brought those birds calling, right into my morning, just for me. I never told anyone about those fleeting thoughts of wondering what that noise was. I didn't even think about it enough to research it for myself. Just one of those, "I wonder what that is?" thoughts that rolls through curious minds all the time.

With all the wars, famine, economic crises, and heartache in the world this morning, little me and one of my insignificant hankerings caught the Lord's attention, and He gave me an answer.

Just because He loves me.